Billionaire Icahn blasts McDonald’s on animal welfare
NEW YORK - Asserting that McDonald's had not lived up to prior commitments on animal welfare, billionaire investor Carl Icahn said he planned to...
‘Redemption’ as Canada beat US for fifth women’s ice hockey gold
BEIJING - Canada beat rivals the United States 3-2 to win women’s Olympic ice hockey gold on Thursday, avenging an emotional loss in the...
Yellen acknowledges ‘some global fallout’ from any Russia sanctions
WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says "some global fallout" would result if the West moves ahead with the punishing, coordinated sanctions threatened...
How world’s most precise clock could transform fundamental physics
WASHINGTON: Einstein's theory of general relativity holds that a massive body like Earth curves space-time, causing time to slow as you approach the object...
Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town
PETRóPOLIS (BRAZIL) - At least 44 people were killed in devastating flash floods and landslides that hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis, turning...
10 dead, 11 missing as Spanish trawler sinks off Canada
MONTREAL - At least 10 fishermen died and 11 others were missing Tuesday after a trawler from Spain sank in rough seas off eastern...
Canada protesters dig in as police set to use new powers
OTTAWA - Backed by freshly invoked emergency powers, Canadian officials on Tuesday looked to bring an end to weeks of trucker-led protests that have...
Macron expected to announce Mali withdrawal
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron this week will announce that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel...
Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet’s safe limit: study
STOCKHOLM: The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are...
Snake on a plane: AirAsia jet forced to divert
KUALA LUMPUR - An AirAsia passenger plane was forced to divert and make an unscheduled landing after a snake was spotted slithering through the...
